While Autoweek celebrates the car, we also strive to embrace car culture in its entirety, shining our spotlight on enthusiasm as a whole. So for the fourth straight year, we are recognizing some folks lucky enough to work full time racing, working on or just playing with cars.
This time, the hardware goes to a toymaker that has been delighting children of all ages for 50 years; a feat achieved during one of America’s oldest and most challenging races; a racer who dominated his series and took his fifth title; another driver who retired after decades winning nearly every type of race; an automaker that won several manufacturers’ titles around the world; a championship team owner who knocked off some big names; and, last but not least, an up-and-coming racer who is tearing up West Coast tracks while still in her teens.
To them we say congratulations on a job well done. You not only entertained us, you raised the bar and underscored further our never-ending car love. And for that, we thank you.
Here are our 2019 Autoweek Award winners.
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